Michael
by Michael Jackson
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Dec 14, 2010
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 81
  3. Negative: 16 out of 81
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  1. RoiSerrano
    Feb 14, 2011
    2
    This posthumous album does not withstand any of Michael Jackson's previous materials. The album can be associated to as a compilation of songs from his previous album that did not make the cut.
  2. Insatiableone
    Dec 31, 2010
    3
    This is what happens when people want to milk as much money out of the household name Michael Jackson. The songs sound half-baked and they were probably knocked up in a few minutes. The only standout track on the album is Much Too Soon. I wouldn't listen to the rest, it's forgettable throwaway pop.
  3. MehrshadNP
    Apr 9, 2017
    0
    This is not a Michael Jackson studio album.
    The best way they could put it, was to call it a compilation album of remixed incompleted demos and B-Side tracks.
    The vocals mostly suffer from having a bad quality; although the vocals of three songs of the album - "Monster" , "Breaking News" and "Keep your head up" - do not even belong to Michael Jackson.
  4. TobiasC9
    Nov 12, 2017
    1
    Não tenho palavras para expressar o quão estou triste e decepcionado com esse álbum, não é Michael cantando em quase metade das faixas, muito decepcionante, um ícone morreu e estão se aproveitando para encher o bolso, lucrar em cima.Manchando a carreira de uma lenda perfeccionista, que queria tudo perfeito, esse álbum será esquecido na discografia, pelo menos para mim.Terrível!
  5. Ginaxhrist
    May 24, 2019
    1
    Honestly, it’s overrated. People are just buying into the nostalgia lie. The music
    Is not timeless. It’s not classic. It’s nothing new, even for its time.
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    Jun 9, 2023
    0
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#46 Most Discussed Album of 2010
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#4 Most Shared Album of 2010

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Q Magazine
    Feb 1, 2011
    20
    The problem here isn't sullying Jackson's memory and reputation: he was perfectly capable of doing that himself. The problem is that Michael simply isn't good enough. [Feb. 2011, p. 108]
  2. HipHopDX
    Jan 13, 2011
    40
    Jackson's progressiveness and laser-aimed focus on perfection was always the foundation of everything he ever did and resonated through every song he ever made....Given the patch-work necessary to piece Michael together posthumously, it's impossible to imagine that this is a collection of songs Michael intended to deliver.
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  3. Beats Per Minute
    Jan 11, 2011
    74
    Who knows whether the notoriously megalomaniacal Jackson would approve of this album-people on both sides of that argument have valid points-but as a start-to-finish collection of songs it's more enjoyable and less filler-stuffed than anything he's released since Bad, a minor miracle given the circumstances.
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